Railway



(No Model.)

B. J. DEVENS. RAILWAY.

No. 403,464.. Patented May -14, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ELIJAH J. DEVENS, OF COLDWATER, ASSIGNOR TO \VILLIAM IVTPETHERICK, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

' RAILWAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,464, dated May 14, 1889. Application filed August 25, 1888. Serial No. 283,938. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELIJAH J. DEVENs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Coldwater, in the county of Branch and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Railways; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to railways, particularly to the construction of a two-part metal chair, whereby the rail is securely attached to the metal tie, the chairbeing so constructed that the base of the rail is secured in position by the pressure of the clamping-wings of the two-part chair. This chair is so constructed that a block of wood or like flexible agent may be secured to it, and in such a position as to form a bearing for the rail, thereby overcoming the rigid condition, which is found to be objectionable where the rail is secured or has a bearing directly on the metal chair. The rail, chair, and wooden agent are firmly secured to the tie by means of two bolts having nuts 011 their upper ends, or the bolts may be screwed into the metal tie, as will be hereinafter fully explained.

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 is an isometrical view of a railway containing my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, partly in section, being taken on dotted line a: a: of Fig. 1, and looking toward the right. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the rail and chair, showing end view of the tie. Fig. 4 is a perspective showing one of the parts of the metal chair.

with reference to my invention, S represents the metal tie, (which is not new.) Said tie has on each edge the flanges f, which are turned downward, so as to enter the soil of the road-bed, thereby preventing lateral dis placement of the tie.

The metal chair consists of two parts, H and II, which are of the same general form, or of the form shown in Fig. 4.

B represents the base of the chair.

' Z is the overhanging lip of the chair, which is U-shaped in cross-section. It is bent so as to extend over the base B, leaving the recess or chamber m,-which receives the wooden or flexible agent D and the base B of the rail R.

The side wings, W, of the chair are bent downward and then upward, forming the side supports and channels d, which receive the tie, the chair being passed over the end of the tie, the flanges f filling the channels d of the chair, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The bolts it pass up through the tie and the holes a in the lip Z of the chair and have the nuts n on their upper ends; or said bolts may pass down through the lip Z of the chair and have their lower ends screwed into the tie, thereby dispensing with the nuts 02. This feature is not shown, but will be readily understood by those skilled in the art.

The chair is formed by placing the parts H H on the tie so as to bring the faces t t of each part together, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The wooden plate D is then placed on the bases B of the chair. The base B of the rail is then placed on the flexible agent D. The nuts 72 are then screwed onto the bolts h, thereby forcing the lips Z of the chair firmly onto the base of the rail, thereby firmly securing the parts in position, as shown in Figs.

1 and 2.

To remove the rail, the bolts on one side of the rail are loosened sufficiently to release the grip of the chair on that side of the rail. 8 5 The bolts on the opposite side of the rail are forced downward or removed from the chair, so as to move that part of the chair along the tie and from the rail, when said rail may be lifted out of position.

It will be observed that but one part of each chair need be moved to take out or put in another rail, which can be rapidly accomplished.

It will be observed that the lips Z of the two-part chair bind the rail firmly to the tie and hold the flexible agentin position, and that by this construction of the chair the rail is chair, and the bolts passing through the tie firmly held, so as to prevent rocking or'getting and the lips of the chair, having nuts on their out of position. upper ends, substantially as and for the pur- Having thus fully set forth my invention, poses specified. 15

5 what I claim as new, and desire to secure by In testimony whereof I affix my signature in Letters Patent, ish h presence of two witnesses.

In combination wit the metal tie avin the wings f, the two-part metal chair, each ELUAH DEVENS' 1 part having the curved wings with hooked Witnesses: n

10 ends and the clamping-lip Z, the rail, the R. B. WHEELER,

wooden agent located between the rail and the. WILLIAM W. PETHERIOK. I 

